But that excuse falls flat when recognizing, for instance, that there is no monument in New Orleans to the mass slave revolt that took place in 1811, when some two hundred men who had endured the brutality of bondage marched on the city, killing two white men and burning plantations as they went.
But none of this made sense, and her flimsy excuses all fell apart.
"No controller is going to try to excuse somebody falling asleep," he said.
I don't even have that excuse to fall back on.
And it used to be an excuse to fall in love".
Professor Belliveau also studied why women were given smaller raises when managers had a ready excuse to fall back on.
After the game, Manager Terry Collins said missing Wright was not an excuse for falling into despair and losing.
After turning in just two bogeys over the frist 36 holes, giving three strokes back on the first hole would have been an easy excuse to fall apart.
Although England have undoubtedly closed the gap on the game's big two in recent years, there is only so long that can be used as a justifiable excuse for falling short.
